Window-support



w. A. HENDERSON.

` WINDOW SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE III I9I9.

1,338,445, Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

` WILLIAM A. HENDERSON, OF LARCHMONT, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-SUPPORT.

Application led'June 11, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. HENDER- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Larchmont, Vestchester county, New York, have invented certain new and use-- ful Improvements in IVindow-Supports, of which the following is a specication.l

This invention relates tol window sash supports and more especially to holders for glass panes for windows in vehicles operated by gravity and straps. The object of the invention is to permit of the close fitting of the glass in a frame so that rain and wind will not enter and when the support is removed, the glass will fall by gravity and may be readily lifted by a webbing until engaged again by the support, as will be more fully described in the following specilication, set forth in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view of a vehicle window from the inside and in which the improved support is used.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the same window.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the support detached.

It has been the practice heretofore in the construction of vehicle bodies and 'theiu windows to carry the glass pane or its sash in a channel at each side of the frame and which is wedge shaped or wider at the bottom than at the top and allowing the sash to be swung at its bottom so it may fall into a recess or well within that side of the vehicle body or be lodged on the sill of the window frame when it is desired to close the window.

The locating or the removal, however, of the heavy sash or pane is attended with serious inconvenience and strain for weak people and requires some strength to bring it about, and the wide channels at the sides of the frame affords means by which rain water and wind may enter the vehicle body.

The present invention is designed to overcome these objections and the question of weight is met by discarding the sash frame and using the pane 5 which is fitted in grooves 6 at the sides of the frame of the window and provided with suicient packing to cause friction to allow the glass to descend slowly.

Specification of. Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Serial No. 303,398.

The glass is elevated into the frame by a webbing strap 7 suitably secured at the lower edge of the glass pane and the support is pivoted in lbrackets on a plate 8 that is secured in the side wall 9 of the vehicle body.

The support consists of a lever 10 with a wide head 11 to carry the lower edge of the glass 5 and to its lower end is attached the fork 12 of a plunger that plays through the wall 9 and is exposed and is adapted to be pressed inward.

The head 11 is also off-set and when it is swung inward by the pressure on the plunger it is removed from the path of the glass 5 which then falls to the bottom of the grooves 14:.

By this operation it will be seen that the strap 7 is not used and practically no effort is needed to release the glass. The troublesome removal of the sash or pane from the sill is eliminated although the return or raising of the glass by the strap is necessary, but here again no special locating of the pane is necessary and when it passes the head 11 the latter springs out with the aid of the spring 15 and into position to receive the pane when the strap is released.

A screw 16 may be located above the plunger 13 to adjust the lever and the head 11 with relation to the glass.

It is obvious that the support may be otherwise arranged or modified without departing from the essential features above described or from the scope of the appended claims.

The lower edge of the glass is carried in the metal bars 17 and 18, the latter impinging on the head 11 and making a water tight joint with the rubber tube packing 19.

What I claim as new is:

l. In a window glass support, the combination of a vehicle frame having an aperture and a pocket, a transparent pane adapted to t the aperture and drop into the pocket, a lever within the pocket and normally in position to support the pane, and means outside of the pocket adapted to be pressed inward to swing the lever from the path of the pane.

2. In a window glass support, the combination of a vehicle frame having an aperture and an interior pocket, a Window pane for the aperture, a lever pivoted within the pocket and normally beneath the pane, a plunger extending outside of the pocket and adapted to be pressed inward to operate the lever to remove it' from the path of the pane, and a strap to elevate the pane.

8. In a window glass support, the combination of a window glass, an upright lever pivoted beneath the glass and carrying the same on itsupper end, a plunger at the lower end of the lever adapted to be thrust inward to throw it from the path of. the glass, a spring to normally hold the lever beneath the glass, and a strap to elevate the glass.

fl. In a window glass support, the combi- .nation oit a window glass adapted to fill au aperture and drop into a pocket, a lever pivoted upright in the pocket and having a head to support the glass, an adjusting screw for the lever, a spring to force the lever against the screw, a plunger to shift the lever and allow the glass to'drop into the pocket, friction means at the sides of the glass, and a strap to elevate the latter.

5. In a window glass support, the combination of a pane of glass adapted to t an aperture in a vehicle frame7 riotional paoliing at the sides of the same, a strap attached to one side of a pocket in the frame and into which the pane is adapted to fall and passing out of the pocket at the other side, an upright lever pivoted in the pocket and normally supporting the pane, a plunger attached to the lower end of the lever and extending outside of the pocket, and a spring'l to keep the lever normally beneath the pane.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 

